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I absolutely can not stand Windows 8! I hate it. I switched to OSX because of how bad it is. They totally lost their consumer base because now Windows is made for tablets and people who just browse the internet. Before windows was for business owners and small businesses. I would rather use XP and 7 over 8.

I've not tried Win 8 on a touch screen, and I do not like touch screens anyway (give me a keyboard and mouse any day) so I cannot comment on that. However, I can assure anyone that Win 8 (and 8.1) is pants on a conventional PC. The only good thing about 8 is that you can make it work like 7, it's just a pain setting it up. There should be a single tick box "metro interface Y/N". Microsoft boo-boo'd big time with 8. It's a pile of junk.

As for 7 vs XP: looked at dispassionately 7 is superior. But as an XP user, there is too much changed for the sake of it. Microsoft need to seriously down-size its development operation, so they do not have to justify their existence by changing things that were fine already. I.e. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

I think this is true, but it goes deeper than that. It's not just the touch screens, it's the environment that the interface evolved in (mobile phones), and what they are used for (entertainment). Which may be why there are some Win 8 aficionados:- perhaps that is all they use their PCs for? But for most serious use the metro interface is not only irrelevant, but largely inappropriate.

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I think windows 7 is still getting a faster growth than windows 8, Take a look at some of the latest numbers from Net Applications and finds that Windows 8′s growth has stagnated as the combined market share of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 grew by only 0.05 percentage points in November. In contrast, Windows 7′s market share grew by 0.22 percentage points, which means that users upgrading to new PCs still seem to prefer Windows 7 to Windows 8.

Windows 8 is good for tablets and mobile devices whereas android is already taken up market. where as windows 7 is faster lighter and comes with the classic windows interface. But it depends upon choice what to choose and how it will benefit your entire business.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.Miracle Group

After the release of Windows 8, many people were in search of differences between Windows 7 and Windows 8. In this post, we will do a detailed comparison of Windows 7 vs Windows 8 and find out the important differences in both the operating systems.